A/N: yay! Another chapter is up.

Wings of steel: chapter 10: the journey to canterlot

As Steele and his friends were on the train to canterlot, Steele listened to twilight and her friends laugh and try their best to lighten the mood of their situation, luckily they managed to get a single car all to themselves.

Steele himself was on the other side of the car, as he stared out the window, as the landscape passed by them, Steele became lost in thought, the new realization, that his oldest friend had betrayed him and murdered his family, was too much to bear, but he managed to suppress tears , for twilight's sake.

Steele, tried his best not to think about it, instead he focused on his current goal, to warn princess celestia about the threat haze brings with his private army, knowing him for so long, steele, knew haze will do everything in his power to get what he wants' even if he has to murder.

But something in the back of steel's mind was trying to push its way to the surface, he did his best to resist, but he learned in the past that he couldn't do it for long, as it eventually made its way to the front of his mind.

(Flashback) 5 years ago

As haze and Steele made their way through the streets of cloudsdale, little did they know that it was the day that would change Steele's life forever, "so…what do you want to do next?" said the young haze as they flew by each other, Steele and haze had known each other for two years now, and they had become the best of friends, since the day haze defended steele from the bullies.

In that time, haze had taught Steele how to fly, and he had become just as good as haze himself, if not better. "I don't know…oh wait isn't there that race between that one filly rainbow dash against those two other ones…oh I forgot their name's, we could always see that" Steele suggested as he landed in front of his friend on a cloud.

"I guess we could" haze said as he took off in the direction of the starting line. When they arrived, they took their seats above the crowd on a cloud viewing the entire race track. "I bet ya, three bits that she wins" Steele said as he pointed at the young cyan filly as they took their places at the starting line. He then saw a young yellow Pegasus wave the flag as they took off, suddenly the area was filled with the shouting and cheering of the other pegasi.

Even Steele and haze found themselves cheering, for the cyan filly that had the guts to stand up for another that couldn't defend herself. As they turned a corner, and out of their sight, steele looked to the side at his friend, he was about to speak, until something on the other side of the arena caught his eye, everything seemed to slow, as he laid his eyes on the most beautiful mare he had ever seen, luckily for him she didn't see him, so he had his chance to observe her from a distance, she had a beautiful purple mane, that fell perfectly down her face, her cutie mark was that of a telescope observing three falling stars, it was then that steele felt a lump in his throat, as he completely forgot about the race, and was now entirely focused on her, he was snapped back to reality by haze, "hey steele…hello…anypony home" he said as he waved his hoof in his face, "huh…what, oh what is it?" Steele asked as he returned his attention back his friend, :dude…you're missing the race" haze said as he turned his attention back to the action, by this time one of the racers had been knocked out as he crashed head first into a cloud pillar, leaving only rainbow dash and the other Pegasus competing fiercely for first place, the other one even relying on cheating as he shoved the cyan filly out of the way and said "later, rainbow crash!" he said as he sped in front of her.

Steele focused, secretly focused his attention back to the mare, but saw that she wasn't there anymore, he knew he had to meet her in person, "uh…haze, I'm going to get a snack" he said as he took off and attempted to find her. "Oh…bring me back some popcorn" haze yelled after him, but Steele didn't hear him, he had to find this mare.

Fortunately, luck was in his favor, as he saw her next in line at the food stand, he knew this was his chance to meet her, as they got in line luckily his line was faster than hers, so by the time they reached the vendor they were next to each other, he couldn't help but glance at her, when she returned his look, he quickly glanced away, as the vendor left to bring them more fresh popcorn, it seemed fate, had intended this, for everypony behind them had gone to a different vendor, leaving only them.

The mare then turned to him, and asked, "Are you following me?" she asked as she eyed him up and down, "uh…no, I'm sorry if it seemed I was" he said as they continued to wait for the food. "You…look familiar, have we met before?" she asked as she looked into his deep blue eyes.

"it's possible, I seem to get that a lot from other mares", he said as he grinned, luckily she didn't take it the wrong way, instead she laughed, it was the most beautiful thing he had ever heard in his life, he found himself laughing too. When they both calmed down, there was a few milliseconds of silence, before one of them broke the silence, "I'm steele, by the way" he said as he extended his hoof in a friendly and welcoming fashion, "my name is star shooter, my friends call me star" she said as she gladly took his hoof and shook it.

"So…star, how are you enjoying the race?" he asked as they finally received their snacks, instead of parting ways they actually went to sit at a nearby bench and sat, "oh, I think its wonderful, how that filly rainbow dash, stood up against those brutes" she said as she looked deep into his eyes, he was about to answer, but he was stopped when the entire stadium, shook and was filled by a blinding colorful explosion forced them to shut their eyes.

When it stopped, they looked up in the sky, and saw the most beautiful rainbow they had ever seen in their lives. "Wow! She actually did the sonic rainboom!" star said as they both looked up in the sky, "its beautiful…" she said as she stared at the sky in amazement, steele simply looked at her, and said, "yeah…beautiful" as he looked over her beautiful mane and face. When he didn't answer she turned to him and saw him staring at her.

He shook it off, which caused her to laugh, she then took out a small pocket watch, and her eye's widened, "oh! I've got to go" she said as she turned to face him and saw the slightly depressed look on his face, which she equally returned. "Hey…don't feel bad, maybe I'll see you around" she said as she took out a piece of paper and wrote on it. "Here, this is where I live, maybe you could come over sometime" she said with a smile on her face, which seemed to change his mood. "Yeah…maybe, I'll see you later" he said as he took the paper and put it in his pocket.

She then proceeded to fly off into the clouds to meet her friend, at this point, something in steele, seemed to burst, there was something about this mare that changed something in steele forever, he could no longer deny, he was in love with star, during his years of advanced flight school, he had always kept his eye's on the mares, but something about her was different, it was true love, he felt as if they we're meant to be together, he had to see her again and soon.

Soon he realized that haze was still waiting for him up in the bleachers, so he flew there as fast as he possibly could, with a broad smile on his face.

(End flashback)

"Steele!" he heard somepony yell, he shook himself awake and found that he had dozed off in the car, he looked around and saw that it was twilight that had awaken him, "what…what is it?" he asked as he rubbed his eye's. "We're here, come on, we need to tell the princess, what you know" she said as she and her friends turned and walked off the car. Steele got off the seat, and followed them, hoping that he could have a dream like that again.

A/N: this chapter was to solely, go further into Steele's story, the next chapter things pick up again, that I promise.